On March 23, 2004, the State Council convened a national conference on agriculture and grain work, and in accordance with the notice of the meeting, Yuan Qiankun, vice governor in charge of agriculture, went to Beijing for the meeting.

The next day, Vice Governor Yuan Qiankun returned to Nanhua City, and in the afternoon of the same day, he specially reported to the secretary of the provincial party committee and Governor Liu Fangsheng on the spirit of the State Council's National Agricultural and Grain Work Conference.

On the 25th, Governor Liu Fangsheng presided over the executive meeting of the provincial government, which was attended by leaders of the provincial government and heads of relevant units.

The meeting is an agenda, and Vice Governor Yuan Qiankun briefed on the spirit of the National Agriculture and Food Work Conference.

This is a very important meeting, and it can be said that it is an epoch-making meeting.

The central authorities have made arrangements to implement policies and measures to exempt agricultural taxes this year, with Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces as pilot projects, while Jianghan Province will partially reduce or exempt agricultural taxes.

As early as 2002, the idea of reducing or reducing agricultural taxes began to circulate, and the leaders of the State Council at that time made a special explanation, saying that the share of agricultural taxes in the national fiscal revenue was very small and could be completely exempted, and that it was a real burden on the peasants.

As a reborn person, Liao Fanmin certainly knows that the exemption of agricultural tax is the general trend, although the country only began the pilot work in 2004, but the full exemption of agricultural tax was also in 2006, from January 1, 2006, the nationwide agricultural tax was abolished, and before that, other taxes and fees borne by farmers have long been exempted.

The peasants' understanding is simple, and for thousands of years, it is natural and righteous to pay taxes on grain planting, and although many localities have caused evil incidents because of the collection of special agricultural taxes and fees, which has alarmed the central authorities, the common people still feel that they should pay taxes.

Liao Fanmin also feels that the exemption from agricultural taxes is a good thing, because the vast majority of countries in the world no longer levy agricultural taxes, and the government still has to give a large amount of subsidies to agricultural production, and agriculture, as a basic industry, is to ensure its survival.

The central government has attached great importance to the work of agriculture, rural areas and rural areas, and it is a major measure to exempt agricultural tax.

Generally speaking, what work is valued by the above, it means that this work has been completely ignored by the below, which is a real situation, because traditional agriculture can only ensure survival, and does not help local economic development in any way.

Governor Liu Fangsheng, who presided over the meeting, spoke with a solemn face after listening to Vice Governor Yuan Qiankun's report on the National Agricultural and Grain Work Conference.

"This year's Central Document No. 1 "Opinions on Promoting Several Policies for Farmers to Increase Their Incomes", everyone has already studied, and the Provincial Party Committee has also held a special meeting to study and implement the Central No. 1 Document, and Governor Yuan has just conveyed and implemented the spirit of the National Agricultural and Food Work Conference, I hope you will pay attention to the fact that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council emphasized the importance of agricultural work in the form of a document, which is a signal.

"Agriculture has always been the top priority, more than one billion food problems, is to rely on agriculture and farmers to solve, the founding of the People's Republic of China for several decades, farmers for the development of the country has made a great contribution, now the Party Central Committee and the State Council have made a decision, part of the reduction or exemption of agricultural taxes, to ensure the minimum purchase price of the main grain in key grain-producing areas, we must unconditionally implement, and to implement the head of every peasant. . . .

"The Central Committee and the State Council have made arrangements, and the Provincial Department of Agriculture and the Provincial Department of Finance have quickly come up with a specific implementation plan according to the requirements of the meeting, and after submitting it to the provincial government for approval, it will be fully implemented within this month."

"The provincial government should set up a special team to go deep into the counties and villages to see if the central government's policies have really been implemented. . . ."

"We have some local leaders, that the collection of agricultural taxes is a matter of course, and even the central decision-making and deployment have views and opinions, such a psychology must be completely dispelled, the provincial government will consult the provincial party committee, set up a special supervision and leading group, the relevant departments and the implementation of the implementation of agricultural tax reduction and exemption of special supervision.

"If the work is not effective, the provincial party committee and the provincial government will strictly investigate the responsibility.

"The work of lightening the peasants' burdens has been asked by the Central Committee and the State Council to be included in the scope of the work inspection that is vetoed by one vote, and the Agricultural Office and the Department of Agriculture, together with the Department of Finance, must also come up with specific assessment plans to carry out assessments and inspections of units involved in reducing the peasants' burdens.

"Jianghan Province is a major agricultural province and a key grain-producing area of the state, and the Central Committee and the State Council will definitely inspect the situation of our work, and I hope you will treat it carefully. . . ."

"Guaranteeing the minimum purchase price of grain, this is a measure that the central government and the State Council have been implementing, and every year special funds will be allocated, and this money must be earmarked for the heads of farmers to ensure that the province's grain production will not be reduced.

Governor Liu Fangsheng, as always, spoke crisply and neatly, never verbose, completed the assignment, and announced the adjournment of the meeting.

When the participants left the conference room, their faces were also serious, and they knew very well that the work that Governor Liu Fangsheng had emphasized so much would certainly become one of the main tasks of the provincial government, and that in the future, the work of lightening the peasants' burdens must be highly valued, and if there is a mistake in the work artificially, they will certainly be severely punished.

As soon as the meeting ended, Governor Liu Fangsheng and Vice Governor Yuan Qiankun rushed to the provincial party committee.

Liao Fanmin has already called the provincial party committee, and the secretary of the provincial party committee and the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee in charge of agriculture are waiting.

Governor Liu Fangsheng went to the provincial party committee to discuss and report on relevant assessment matters.

Small conference room of the provincial party committee.

“。。。 I believe that the work of reducing the burden on peasants needs to be regarded as one of the important tasks of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and we should make every effort to implement it, Jianghan Province is a large agricultural province, and if the intensity of implementation and supervision is not enough, the work will be difficult to promote. ”

Liao Fanmin, who was immersed in recording, looked up at the venue.

Liao Fanmin, who has worked beside Governor Liu Fangsheng for nearly four years, has long learned to observe.

Governor Liu Fangsheng is very conscientious and responsible, and the implementation of work tasks is also unambiguous, which makes the people around him learn to be vigorous and resolute, once a certain task is decided, he must do his best to complete it.

But this is not necessarily the case for others.

Speaking from facts, the work style of cadres at the present stage is not very good, especially after the rapid development of the economy, the tide of the market economy has also had a great impact on some cadres.

Every time Governor Liu Fangsheng participates in or presides over a meeting and implements relevant work, Liao Fanmin will carefully observe, not to mention that such observation can really play a big role.

If most of the people who participated in the meeting listened carefully and memorized carefully, and in the subsequent speeches combined with the work responsibilities of their own units, listed how the units should implement the work and what measures to take, the final completion of this work must be good, if the participants in the meeting were absent-minded, or listened very seriously on the surface, but could not come up with practical measures in the subsequent speeches, the implementation of this work must be greatly reduced, and the results are not ideal.

It should be said that Governor Liu Fangsheng also understands this, but the law does not hold the public accountable, and sometimes there is no better way.

Today's meeting was attended by the principal leaders of the provincial party committee and the provincial government and relevant leaders, and Liao Fanmin also observed.

The most focused was Vice Governor Yuan Qiankun, who was in charge of agriculture and rural work after all.

After Governor Liu Fangsheng finished speaking, Vice Governor Yuan Qiankun added a few words, focusing on the fact that the state grain procurement funds must be earmarked, and the province should send an inspection team to insist on the situation of grain storage in various localities.

The secretary of the provincial party committee finally spoke, and the first thing he said was that lightening the peasants' burdens would be one of the main tasks of the provincial government in the future.

This sentence made Liao Fanmin feel a little comforted in his heart.

The provincial party committee and the provincial government are relatively clear in the division of labor or emphasis on work responsibilities, which is different from that of prefectures and cities, counties and cities, the provincial party committee is mainly responsible for the decision-making and personnel adjustment of major policies, while the provincial government is mainly concerned with the implementation of various work tasks, mainly concerned with economic development.

Governor Liu Fangsheng is the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, and he has a great say in the province's work decision-making and personnel adjustments, but it is the secretary of the provincial party committee who ultimately makes the decision.

The secretary of the provincial party committee defined the work of lightening the peasants' burdens as one of the main tasks of the provincial government in the future, that is, the provincial government has been given sufficient powers to deal with the problems that arise in this work.

The secretary of the provincial party committee did not speak much, but decided to submit the work related to reducing the burden on peasants to the standing committee of the provincial party committee for discussion, and the relevant evaluation reward and punishment mechanism was decided by the standing committee of the provincial party committee.

After the meeting, Liao Fanmin saw Governor Liu Fangsheng with a comfortable smile on his face.

For three days in a row, Liao Fanmin was busy with his feet not touching the ground.

The assessment plan for reducing the burden on peasants jointly drafted by the Agricultural Office of the Provincial Party Committee, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Finance and other units was examined and approved by the Political Research Office of the Provincial Party Committee, the Legislative Affairs Office of the Provincial Government, and the Counselor's Office.

According to Governor Liu Fangsheng's opinion, Liao Fanmin attended every meeting and recorded all the opinions and suggestions in detail.

The work of lightening the peasants' burdens has been included in the evaluation mechanism for governments at all levels as a vetoed task, and the county and city governments are the main body to be evaluated and are directly responsible to the higher authorities.

At the end of the month, an assessment plan for the work of lightening peasants' burdens was finally promulgated and issued in the form of a joint document issued by the provincial party committee and the provincial government.

This has been reflected in the great importance attached by the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and of course this is the result of the direct promotion of Governor Liu Fangsheng.

Although the provincial party committee and the provincial government have assessment documents, under the tide of economic construction as the center, it is impossible for the local government to take out the main energy to pay attention to the work of agriculture, and it is estimated that for a long time in the future, the work of agriculture and agriculture is only paid attention to from the verbal level.